DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ICON plc, (NASDAQ: ICLR) (ISIN:IE0005711209), a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, today announced the publication and filing of a circular to shareholders convening an extraordinary general meeting to be held at 3.00 p.m. on December 17, 2012 at ICON plc Headquarters, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland at which resolutions in connection with the proposed replacement of ICON’s NASDAQ listing for ADSs with a direct NASDAQ listing for ICON Shares will be considered and voted on.